• Types of Words

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• abbreviation


• acronym


• anacronym


• anthroponym


• antonym


• aptronym


• autonym


• backronym


• capitonym


• cognate object


• contranym


• contrived acronym


• counterterm


• daffynition


• demonym


• dis legomenon


• endonym


• eponym


• etymon


• exact synonyms


• exonym


• ghost word


• hapax legomenon


• heteronym


• hieronym


• homonym


• honorific


• hyperonym


• hyponym


• initialism


• malapropism


• metronymic


• mutated plurals


• neologism


• nonce word


• oxymoron


• palindrome


• paronyms


• patronymic


• plurale tantum


• pojmanym


• portmanteau word


• protologism


• pseudo-acronym


• recursive acronym


• retronym


• Siamese Twins


• sideroxylon


• singulare tantum


• sniglet


• spoonerism


• synonym


• tetrakis legomenon


• theronym


• toponym


• tris legomenon


• vague word